Holder for electric-light sockets.



R .1. WILLIAMSON.

HOLDER FOR ELECTRIC-LIGHT SOCKETS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I2, 1915- ]Pwtentedl Nov. 5, 19M

JAMES WILlDIAMSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB, T R. WILLIAMSON (it C0. GHIOAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HOLDER FOR ELECTRIC-LIGHT SOCKETS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Note. if

v Application filed August 12, 1915. Serial No. 15,2230.

. drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invcntioitrelates to holders for electric light s ckets-rand especially for holding in- (andescent "lamp sockets.

'llhe' prinoipal object of the invention 1s to provide a holder which can accommodate either an ordinary wall socket-or a key socket or a socket with-a chain pull, thus making the single construction of holder capable of usev in connection with any one -01t said sockets.

In the accompanying drawings .lFigure 1 is ail-elevation of a holder for electric light sockets embodying my present invention, said holder being provided with a socket having a chain pull;

Fig. 2 is a view of the holder by itself;

Fig. 3 is'a view of the holder provided with a keysooket;

Figs. 4 and 5 are respectively side elevation and bottom plan views of a socket holder having means tor detachably engaging the globe'or shaoleJv Referring first to Figs. 1, Qand 3, 1 show a holder 1 toran electric lamp socket, comprising a shell or casing more or less bell shaped as shown. The holder which is usually made tot, metal, is provided with a side slot 2 which is preferably substantially vertical, with a siderecess or enlargement 3 at its" upper end. Apin i is shown at the top ot the holder 1, said pin being understood to be screw threaded so as to detachably engage thesocket inside of the holder. ltn Fig. 1 the holder is shown containing a lamp socket provided with a pull chain 5, the et also being constructed with a flaring umuthpieoe 6 to receive said chain as said sockets are ordinarily constructed. The flaring mouthpiece 6 fits in the side projection 3 in the recess 2, as shown in llig. 1, the

' socket being thus locked and held in posi tion in the holder by said bayonet joint recess and the threaded pin 4. ln order to lit the lamp socket in the holder 1 the chain 5 is first passed through the recess 2 from the inside of the-holder 1 outwardly and then the mouthpiece 6 is fitted in place by manipulating the socket so that said mouthpiece will pass through the recess in said holder and come into position with its flaring end outside of the same, as shown in Fig. 1;

In Fig. 2 the holder is shown without any lamp socket in it, or else with an ordinary wall socket without either chain pull or key. In Fig. 3 the holder 1 is shown provided with v a lamp socket having a key 8. This lamp socket is; inserted into the holder 1 and the key 8 caused to pass through the slot 2 so as to come into position outside of the holderl while the lamp socket is in position inside of the same. desired to light and put out the lamp.

lln Fig. 1 I show the holder 1 provided with a spring clip 10 for detachably supporting a globe or shade. This clip 10 preferably consists of a. metallic wire bent as shown in Fig. 5 so as to have a loop portion 11 and two side portions 12 with overlapping ends 14 provided with loops or eyes 15 which project through the flange 17 at the lower end of the holder 1, slots 18 being provided for said loops 15 to permit lateral movement thereof. By pressing the members 15 together the side portions 12 of the spring clip are separated from one another, thus enlarging the circle termed by said spring, and when said members 15 are released the sides 12 come together. In this we a globe or shade inserted into the flange 1 may be detachably engaged and disengaged.

The key 8 may be turned as Changes and modifications may be made without departing from the, spirit otthe invention.

What ll claim is:

1. A device of the class specified comprising a shell or casing adapted to receive a lamp socket and provided with an aperture having a length at least equal to the len h of the key at a key incandescent lamp soc et and having a side enlargement at one end, said enlargementbeing adapted to receive the chain aperture projection of a chain pull incandescent lamp socket.

2. A device or the class specified comprising a shell or casing having an open end to receive a lamp socket, and having a longitudinally extending slot having a length at least equal to the length of the key of a key incandescent lamp socketand provided with a side enlargement, in combination with a lamp socket provided with a chain pull and having a projecting member associated with said chain, said lamp socket being inserted 5 in said shell or casing and having said projecting member fitting in the side enlargement of said slot.

3. A device of the class specified comprising a shell or casing, adapted to receive an 10 incandescent lamp socket and provided with a slot having a length at least equal-to the length of the key of .a key incandescent lamp socket and having a side enlargement at one end, said enlargement being adapted to receive the chain aperture projection of a chain 1 5 pull incandescent lamp socket, said enlargement being at the end of the slot far hest from the open mouth of the shell or casing.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 23d day of July A. D., 1915. JAMES WILLIAMSON. Witnesses:

HORACE R. YARDLEY, CHAS. E. UMMACH. 

